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Magpie Cottage, Frogholt, Folkestone, CT18 8AT

20/1950/FHHouseholder planning permissionApproved
Householder

Approved on 26 April 2021

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Removal of existing timber conservatory to allow erection of new garden room structure. Removal of existing timber glazed doors and side screen into existing conservatory. Replacement of existing timber glazed french doors to kitchen with new painted white timber doors with glazing bars. Replacement of existing softwood panelled front door with enhanced security mechanisms.

Received
2 December 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North Downs East
  1. Received2 Dec
  2. Validated15 Dec
  3. Consult.28 Jan
  4. Target28 Jan
  5. Decided26 Apr

Decided in 132 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a conservatory at Magpie Cottage, Frogholt, Folkestone, CT18 8AT. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 3,080 applications of this type. This one was decided in 145 days, 14 weeks longer than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. The site is in the Frogholt conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 140 applications across North Downs East. We hold 1,627 applications in total for the CT18 postcode area.

84% of full applications at Folkestone and Hythe District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CT18 8AT
Application type
Householder planning permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Newington Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 December 2020
Consultation expiry
28 January 2021
Consultation end
28 January 2021
Target decision date
28 January 2021
Application expires
9 March 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Prince & Gisbey Architects Ltd 1 Dene Cottages Dene Farm Lane Canterbury CT3 1NU

Planning decision

Statutory period
84 days

Additional information

Documents
35

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (5)

scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens and SSSIs.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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Associated applications

  1. 2020
    3 Dec

    Listed building consent Removal of existing timber conservatory to allow erection of new garden room…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside20/1954/FH
  2. 2020
    2 Dec

    Removal of existing timber conservatory to allow erection of new garden room structure. Removal of existing…

    This applicationApprovedFull20/1950/FH

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